The trouble with the luminous landscape point of view is that you can onlyt asses the histogram after the event.
This is easier with static subjects and consistent lighting and would then be the ideal way to work. However if you user this method all the time you risk losing a shot which captured the 'decisive moment' by blowing the highlights. You may not be able to repeat the shot after adjusting your exposure down to keep within limits. So for this style of photography, it is better to err on the side of a little underexposure as this can be recovered. > -----Original Message----- > From: Pieter Nagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 December 2003 01:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Santa Picsy > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 07:20:42PM -0500, Herb Chong wrote: > > you don't understand the assertion nor the article. they are saying > > the same thing. don't overexpose in digital. > > The article says: get as close as you can to overexposing, > cause that is good, but don't burn out the highlights, cause > that is very bad. > > Other people in this thread said; burning out the highlights > is very bad, so stay as far away as you can from the > highlights, and rather underexpose to avoid burning them. > > Is that a fair summary? And they are not saying the same thing? > > -- > ,_ > /_) /| / > / i e t e r / |/ a g e l > >
